campaign the no one doubts obama will win the 18 to 29-year-olds but the question is by how were. with a tighter contest in 2012 that is significant. >>shepard: thank you steve brown. >> the economy, now, with new reports indicating the recovery is moving at a modest pace and forecasters are predicting growth over the next few months. growth. first according to the labor department, fewer americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the first time jobless claims below 375,000. the experts say that number suggests employers are hiring again, slowly, and another good sign that great britain's recession officially ended in the last quarter but it and not all good news, it never is. the top realty group reports small gains in the number of americans signing contracts to buy new homes last month. traders do not know what to make of this, with the dow floating around there, a little up, a little downs a little up, a little down. right now it is zero. that is fitting. the "usa today" survey shows that forecasters predict our economy will strengthen over the next year as long as t